Betty Pit

Betty Pit

HER Number

3767

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Betty Pit

Place

Lamesley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Betty Pit (Coal).

Easting

425880

Northing

557870

Grid Reference

NZ425880557870

Sources

<< HER 3767 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6